I picked up a bottle of this stuff ($13) last night. Happened to run across it in the store and remembered all the glowing posts. Took it home and popped it to ward off the cold and the wet. Was prepared to like it a lot, but ended up with only a "pretty good" response. There was a lot of chocolate on the nose and the palate. That was interesting--never had a zin quite like that before. But to my taste there was some fruit missing and the alcohol (14%) was too much in evidence, leaving me unhappy with the finish. Anyone else have this response? Could I have had a bad bottle?

Had the last of these tonight with burgers. Much better balance than I remember from a couple of years ago, still good fruit, no noticeable oak, and the heat was barely evident. Cline overall seems to be in DE-Cline IMO, but this 2000 is still hanging in there.